Overview

• Hinze is ending a nine-month hiatus following her team sprint bronze at the Paris Olympics.
• The 34th Grand Prix of Germany in Cottbus opens with sprint events on June 20, followed by Keirin races on June 21 at the Lausitz Velodrom.
• The women’s field features Britain’s sprint world champion Emma Finucane, the Netherlands’ vice-world champion Hetty van den Wouw and local favorite Lea Sophie Friedrich among four riders who ranked in the Olympic team sprint top six.
• The men’s lineup includes five-time Olympic champion Harrie Lavreysen competing against twice-Olympic champion Jeffrey Hoogland, Mateusz Rudyk and Sebastien Vigier.
• For German sprinters, the Cottbus meet provides a key benchmark before the national championships in Dudenhofen from July 2 to 6.